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Tom Wheeler is a member of the Obama-Biden Transition Project s Agency Review Working Group responsible for overseeing review of the science, technology, space and arts agencies. Department of Commerce Review Team Leads Don Beyer is the owner of five automobile dealerships in Northern Virginia ...
change.gov - 11/18/2008
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Centralize Ethics and Lobbying Information for Voters: Obama
and Biden will create a centralized Internet database of...
lobbying reports, ethics records, and campaign finance filings in a searchable, sortable and downloadable format. Require Independent ...
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Ethics | Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team
change.gov - 11/18/2008
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Combat Employment Discrimination: Obama and Biden will work
to overturn the Supreme Court's recent ruling that curtails...
racial minorities' and women's ability to challenge pay discrimination. They will also pass the Fair Pay Act, to ensure that women ...
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Civil Rights | Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team
change.gov - 11/19/2008
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The focus of the Policy Working Groups will
be to develop the priority policy proposals and plans...
from the Obama Campaign for action during the Obama-Biden Administration. The Policy Working Groups will focus on the following areas: Economy, ...
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Obama Puts Well-Known Internet Advocate in Charge of FCC Review
techPresident —
Is this a peek into how the how the Obama Administration plans to handle the Federal Communications Commission when it comes to town in January? The Obama-Biden transition team has just named the staunchly pro-Internet Susan Crawford its co-lead in the review of the powerful FCC. Crawford, a leading expert on communications policy, is the founder of OneWebDay, called "an environmental movement for the Internet ecosystem." She was, until recently, also a member of the board of directors of ICANN, the organization charged with overseeing some of ...
Obama FCC Transition Team
Discourse.net —
... Science, Tech, Space and Arts Team Leads | Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team ...
Hey, Telecoms? You are Cordially Invited to Blow Me.
I Am TRex —
... The Obama-Biden transition team on Friday named two long-time net neutrality advocates to head up its Federal Communications Commission Review team. ...
Net neutrality? Yes we can!
The Reaction —
... The Obama-Biden transition team on Friday named two long-time net neutrality advocates to head up its Federal Communications Commission Review team. ...
A Net Neutrality-Friendly FCC in Our Future?
Daily Kos —
... The Obama-Biden transition team on Friday named two long-time net neutrality advocates to head up its Federal Communications Commission Review team. ...
Daily Digest: If Obama and the Netroots Were in a Relationship on Facebook...
techPresident —
... (not to be confused with transitions tech-focused agency review team). Some names are familiar, others less so. Julius Genachowski is a former executive at InterActiveCorp and former FCC staffer. Blair Levin once served as then-Chairman Reed Hundt's chief of staff at the FCC. And Goldman Sachs veteran Sonal Shah is on leave from her role as head of global development at ...
Stonebridge International and other sneak peeks from Obama's transition
Majikthise —
... on the administration and the corporations involved. If the transition period is any indication, McKinsey & Co, UnitedHealth, and Stonebridge International will be among the names to watch under Obama.
On a positive note, I'm impressed by how many folks with ties to the Center for American Progress have gotten spots on the Obama transition team. I count John Podesta, Melody Barnes, Gayle Smith, Robert Sussman, Shirley Sagawa, Bill Ivey, Thomas Kalil, Mara Eve Rudman, Michele Jolin, Todd Stern, ...
NASA Administrator Muzzles Employees From Speaking Openly With Obama Agency Review Team
Think Progress —
... However, over at NASA, this process is running into a roadbloack: NASA administrator Michael Griffin. He has gone after agency review leader Lori Garver, who once served as an associate administrator at NASA, calling her “ ...
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Craig a top candidate for White House counsel —
CNN Political Ticker 11/14/2008
(CNN) — Three officials close to the transition say prominent Washington lawyer Greg Craig is under strong consideration to be named White House counsel, the powerful post of the president's top lawyer.
Craig first gained prominence representing ...